A Study on Psychological Gua Sha Techniques in Family- Trauma Intervention and Practice

Given that traditional talk therapies can readily trigger secondary traumatization in clients, the technique of Psychological Gua Sha has been reintroduced into the research on family-trauma intervention in recent years. Starting from the concepts of psychological space, psychological acupoints, and Psychological Gua Sha, the paper integrates theoretical foundations from cultural psychology and expressive arts therapy to propose concrete operational paradigms from the perspectives of individual trauma healing, family-system intervention, group therapy implementation, and parent–child/couple collaboration. Meanwhile, it attends to the alignment with local contexts and the adaptation to individual differences, constructing practical intervention methods suitable for trauma-informed scenarios. The approach aims to reduce post-traumatic stress responses and avoidance behaviors, promote the development of empathy and secure attachment, improve interpersonal interaction quality, and provide an acceptable, practical, and transferable pathway for family-trauma intervention.